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Baha'i Faith: Bolinda Beginner Guides
By: Moojan Momen
Narrated by: Miranda Nation
Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Religious Thought
Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
By: Baha'u'llah
Narrated by: Mateo Denali
This book contains selections from some of the chief writings of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith. These passages convey the spirit of Baha'u'llah's life and teachings and bring together a cross-section of all of His writings.
Words magnificent; narrator good
By Jasmine on 05-16-17
God Speaks Again
An Introduction to the Bahá'i Faith
By: Mr. Kenneth E. Bowers
Narrated by: Mr. Brian W. Roberts
> God Speaks Again is an introduction to the Bahá'í Faith and a must-read for those who are on the spiritual path seeking independent investigation of truth, as well as those Bahá'ís who would like to expand their knowledge of the Bahá'í Faith, including its history and principles. Bahá'ís believe that religions come from the same source and are, in essence, successive chapters of one religion from God. The Bahá'í' Faith is a recognized independent world religion attracting increasing attention - and a growing number of followers.
By CCIE_Want_to_Be on 05-17-13
Baha'I Prayers: A Selection of Prayers
By: Baha'u'llah, The Bab, 'Abdu'l-Baha
Narrated by: Brian W. Roberts
This audiobook is the most recent edition of the general prayer book published by the US Baha'i Publishing Trust. This book contains prayers revealed by Baha'u'llah, the Bab, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. The Baha'i Faith is the newest of the world's independent religions. Baha'is view the world's major religions as a part of a single, progressive process through which God reveals His will to humanity. Baha'u'llah (1817-1892) is recognized as the most recent in a line of Divine Messengers that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ, and Muhammad.
Wonderful resource
By JennyP on 04-11-19
Some Answered Questions
By: Abdu'l-Baha
This audiobook is the new translation newly revised by a Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre, copyright 2014. Some Answered Questions includes a wide range of questions and answers compiled from a series of talks given by 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1904, 1905, and 1906 while at the supper table. The answers were given in reply to questions posed by visiting pilgrims, especially Laura Clifford Barney.
Fascinating Journey!!
Paris Talks
Addresses Given by `Abdu'l-Baha'i in 1911
By: Abdul-Baha
This collection of inspiring and uplifting talks documents an extraordinary series of public addresses 'Abdu'l-Baha'i gave on his historic trip to the West in the early 20th century. Despite advanced age and poor health, he set out from Palestine in 1911 on a momentous journey to Europe and North America to share the teachings and vision of the Baha'i Faith with the people of the West.
This was very enlightening.
By Sina Serati on 04-09-15
Road Trip Home
A Baha'i Vision of Hope
By: Steven E. Ellis
Narrated by: Robert Ashton
This heartwarming story conveys an enlightening vision of hope for all who seek a better world and search for true purpose and meaning in life. Rose, an 83-year-old Alaska native, received a lifelong mission from the vision of a village elder when she was just a child. As foretold by the village elder, she was later gifted with a profound spiritual truth. She has endeavored her entire lifetime to convey this truth to others, but feels unsuccessful. Meeting Grayson finally gives Rose the opportunity to fulfill her mission.
By Deborah Puckett on 01-05-20
Will & Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha
By: 'Abdu'l-Baha
Narrated by: Phillip Hinton
HearTheWritings is pleased to announce the release of the unabridged audiobook of The Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha. This incredible document, from the pen of Abdu'l-Baha, is a cornerstone of the Administrative Order of the Baha'i Faith. Read by the acclaimed actor Phillip Hinton, this audiobook is a must-have for all Baha'i libraries.
Introduction to the Qur'an
By: Martyn Oliver, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Professor Martyn Oliver
Original Recording
Often, much of what is misunderstood about Islam is the result of a lack of information - and some dangerous and prolific myths. To combat these myths and better understand the complex Islamic tradition, Dr. Martyn Oliver, a senior professorial lecturer at American University, presents 12 in-depth lectures to provide you with a multifaceted approach to Muhammad, Islam, and the revelation known today as the Qur'an.
A Fine Survey
By Mark on 10-13-19
The Advent of Divine Justice
By: Shoghi Effendi
Narrated by: Adam Mondschein
Length: 4 hrs
The Advent of Divine Justice is Shoghi Effendi's gift to the North American believers. In it, Shoghi Effendi outlines our destiny and mission while focusing our attention on the challenges, opportunities, and requisites for success in our endeavors to serve the Cause of Baha'u'lláh. He pays particular attention to the specific ills afflicting our community which must be conquered through "moral rectitude", "complete freedom from prejudice", and observance of "absolute chastity".
Perfect narration
By SABRINA on 03-19-16
Tablets of The Divine Plan
By: 'Abdu'l-Bahá
`Abdu'l-Bahá's historic journey to North America in 1912 "endowed the United States and Canada, nay the entire continent, with potentialities such as it had never known in its history."..."He, through that visit, had bequeathed a priceless heritage - a heritage which carried with it the sacred and primary obligation to arise and carry on in that fertile field the work He had so gloriously initiated." No sooner had His long and arduous journey ended, the world became embroiled in a global conflict....
By Jeanne on 05-22-16
The Bassoon King
My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
By: Rainn Wilson
Narrated by: Rainn Wilson
For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a best-selling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: "I'm not on Facebook" is the new "I don't even own a TV") that now has more than four million followers.
Exquisite narration!
By Johanna on 11-13-15
The Voice of the Prophets
Wisdom of the Ages, Baha'i
By: Marilynn Hughes
Narrated by: Jenifer Krist
The purpose of this audiobook is very simple. We have striven to compile the best of the better known and the least known of the ancient sacred texts from world religions from throughout the world and throughout time. It is our hope that this series of volumes makes it possible for a lay reader to truly access some of the most important world literature in religion without having to have a library of 5,000 books in their possession.
Smile at Fear
Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
By: Chögyam Trungpa, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editor), Pema Chödrön (foreword)
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Karen White, Steven Crossley
Chögyam Trungpa offers us a vision of moving beyond fear to discover the innate bravery, trust, and delight in life that lies at the core of our being. Drawing on the Shambhala Buddhist teachings, he explains how we can each become a spiritual warrior: a person who faces each moment of life with openness and fearlessness. "The ultimate definition of bravery is not being afraid of who you are," writes Chögyam Trungpa. In this audiobook, he offers the insights and strategies to claim victory over fear.
Essential & Powerful
By Sara on 12-18-14
A Philosopher's Guide to Life
By: Epictetus, Ancient Renewal, Sam Torode
Narrated by: Sam Torode
Length: 47 mins
Epictetus (c. AD 50-135) was a former Roman slave (he was also lame in one leg, and walked with a crutch) who went on to become a great teacher. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical - aimed at relieving human suffering here and now. The Manual is a collection of Epictetus' essential teachings and pithy sayings, compiled by one of his students.
Best book to live by.
The Tao Made Easy
Timeless Wisdom to Navigate a Changing World
By: Alan Cohen
Narrated by: Alan Cohen
In this radically illuminating audiobook, Alan Cohen delves into one of the world's most venerated wisdom texts for answers and brings the lofty and enigmatic concepts of the Tao Te Ching down to earth in fresh, easy-to-grasp language with practical, personal examples we can use to uplift our daily lives.
Didn't want it to end....
By harth47 on 07-30-18
By: Lao Tzu, Sam Torode
Narrated by: Amanda Brewer
Wise yet worldly, spiritual yet practical, the Tao Te Ching is beloved by seekers all the world over. This new edition features a lucid, poetic translation that makes the Tao Te Ching accessible to contemporary listeners.
Easily understood, relatable to life experience.
By Jose l. Vera on 01-05-17
400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons From a Veteran Patrolman
By: Adam Plantinga
Narrated by: Mark Boyett
400 Things Cops Know shows police work on the inside, from the viewpoint of the regular cop on the beat - a profession that can range from rewarding to bizarre to terrifying, all within the course of an eight-hour shift. Written by veteran police sergeant Adam Plantinga, 400 Things Cops Know brings the listener into life the way cops experience it - a life of danger, frustration, occasional triumph, and plenty of grindingly hard routine work.
Thank you, Adam Plantinga!
By A.Ward on 05-30-16
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Narrated by: Nabil Jurney
This collection of 16 tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas constitute some of His most significant works.
By Uhlenbaater on 11-01-19
The youngest of the world religions, the Baha'i Faith is well known for its belief in the oneness of all religions. In this clear, readable, and informative guide, Momen provides a vibrant introduction to all aspects of this fast-expanding faith, which now has over seven million adherents.
From its teachings on the spiritual development of the individual to the belief in the need for world peace, Momen's comprehensive study gives anyone interested in the contemporary religious landscape an authoritative insight into this 150-year old tradition, whose spiritual and social teachings are so much in tune with the concerns of today.
©1997 Moojan Momen - first ed. (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Existentialism: Bolinda Beginner Guides
Evolutionary Psychology: Bolinda Beginner Guides
Extremely informative...
This helps an outsider to have a better perspective of what the Baha'i faith is. A brief synopsis of its history, and its beliefs. Too bad, there aren't more books like this.
Fantastic overview
If you're curious about the Bahá'í faith and would like an overview/introduction, this is a fantastic place to start. Excellent narration and very clear presentation. Five stars!
Siamak Danandeh
A finely put together collection for today
Great use of Bahai qoutes to represent the Bahai faith. Flow of book from one topic to another was very well done.
Sharri Lorraine
excellent read and explanation
Nice narrator's voice. Well written overview of the Baha'i faith from its Origins up until the Present Day. Good book!!


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On-line Donations/Pledges
SVdP Phone
Serving those in need.
A lifeline of personal compassion to help
and restore hope.
To donate and/or send checks to:
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
624 East Hopkins
San Marcos, Texas 78666
What is the Society of St. Vincent de Paul?
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a worldwide volunteer Catholic lay organization, which visits the poor and needy in their homes. The Society provides comfort, financial and spiritual assistance to those they visit.
Volunteers, called Vincentians, serve within parish ministries called Conferences. They strive toward increased spiritual growth through acts of charity. Upper Councils are formed by groups of Conferences, which provide for special works.
Inspired by Gospel values, the women and men of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul offer person-to-person service to the needy and suffering, in the tradition of its founder Blessed Frederic Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul.
As a reflection of the whole family of God, Vincentians are drawn from every ethnic and cultural background, age group, and economic level. Their spirit of poverty, humility and sharing unites Vincentians in an international community, which is nourished by prayer and reflection, mutually supportive gathering and adherence to a basic Rule.
Organized locally, Vincentians witness God's love by embracing all works of charity and justice. The Society collaborates with other people of good will in relieving need and addressing causes, making no distinction in those served, because in them Vincentians see the face of Christ.
Saint John Conference
Saint John parish has a second collection each month except during December when we have a Giving Tree. The proceeds go to the parish Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
The major disbursements of the Conference go toward utilities, housing and food. By twinning with other Conferences in the diocese, we also assist those that do not have the resources to help all the needy in their parish. The great generosity of St. Thomas More parishioners enables us to both serve our parish and extend a helping hand to other Conferences. 98.3% of all the funds go directly to the assistance of the needy.
In addition to the year-round aid, our Conference holds a food drive at Thanksgiving and provides food baskets to 50 to 70 families. The Conference also assists with the Advent Giving Tree and works to distribute gifts to organizations including other St. Vincent de Paul Conferences.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores
The Society Thrift Stores play an important role in providing assistance to those in need. Through a staff of employees and volunteers, we work to collect, evaluate and merchandise a variety of donated goods. This merchandise provides a low cost shopping alternative of quality goods to low-income individuals and families. Those who cannot afford clothing, furniture and other household items are helped through a Vincentian voucher referral system.
Serving Christ's needy is the first goal of all St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores. To ensure the long-term continuity of the stores, sound business practices are utilized.
Surplus funds from the Store operation are distributed to the Society and Ladies of Charity to assist in rent, utilities and other expenses of the underprivileged of the Austin area.
The store is managed by Paul Kleypas a member of St. Vincent de Paul parish.
If you have items to donate to the St. Vincent de Paul Store please call 512-442-5652.
The Diocesan Council of Austin also has a Vehicle Donation Program. This program supports Special Projects of the Diocesan Council of Austin. If you have a vehicle to donate, please call 512-912-7575. Ronda Motl manages this program.
If you wish to make a contribution, please use the envelope provided in your regular stewardship envelopes package, or the monthly Black Bag Collection.
A prospective member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is invited to attend our Conference's monthly meetings. For more information please contact our Ministry Leader. After a training period, you will have the opportunity to make home visits to needy households. The number of home visits varies with the incoming case load and the member's availability - typically 2 to 4 visits per month. Home visits are always done by a pair of Vincentians, working together.
"You are the servant of the poor… They are your masters, and the more difficult they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you will give them." - St.Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
"Let us see to it that our service is loving. It falls to us then, as to followers of Jesus, St. Vincent and Frederic Ozanam, to renew our sense of those obligations and to recommit ourselves to discharging them in love. May Christ the Messiah of the poor bless our feeble efforts in His name and make us worthy instruments of His love, beyond imagining." - Bishop J. Terry Steib, Episcopal Advisor, United States National Council of St. Vincent de Paul (from: Ozanam News, June 1995)

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Q: Exporting Summary Data to CSV in R Hello everyone I am working on a script that I would like to export to a CSV file.
Everything is working well with the exception that I would like to add column names and headers for the below data.
For instance variable A is the summary data of fixed income trades in 2017.  I would like Row 1 in the output file to read as such.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  My code is written below.  Thanks in advance!!
#SENDS THE RESULTS TO FILE CALLED OUTFILE.TXT WHICH IS OVERWRITTEN EACH TIME SCRIPT IS RUN
sink("outfile.csv")

#SHORT-TERM PRE-REFUNDED TRADE DATA
A = MSRB[which(MSRB$Coupon.Rate >= 2 & MSRB$Year == 2017 & MSRB$Par.Traded >=500 & MSRB$Class == "PRE-REFUNDED"),]
B = MSRB[which(MSRB$Coupon.Rate >= 2 & MSRB$Year == 2017 & MSRB$Par.Traded >=1000 & MSRB$Class == "PRE-REFUNDED"),]
C = MSRB[which(MSRB$Coupon.Rate >= 2 & MSRB$Year == 2018 & MSRB$Par.Traded >=500 & MSRB$Class == "PRE-REFUNDED"),]
D = MSRB[which(MSRB$Coupon.Rate >= 2 & MSRB$Year == 2018 & MSRB$Par.Traded >=1000 & MSRB$Class == "PRE-REFUNDED"),]
E = MSRB[which(MSRB$Coupon.Rate >= 2 & MSRB$Year == 2019 & MSRB$Par.Traded >=500 & MSRB$Class == "PRE-REFUNDED"),]
F = MSRB[which(MSRB$Coupon.Rate >= 2 & MSRB$Year == 2019 & MSRB$Par.Traded >=1000 & MSRB$Class == "PRE-REFUNDED"),]

#SUMMARY OF PRE-REFUNDED DATA
summary(A$Yield)
summary(B$Yield)
summary(C$Yield)
summary(D$Yield)
summary(E$Yield)
summary(F$Yield)

#END OF OUTPUT FILE
sink()

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Q: Using semantic predicates with Python target I'm currently building a grammar for unit tests regarding a proprietary language my company uses.
This language resembles Regex in some way, for example F=bing* indicates the possible repetition of bing. A single * however represents one any block, and ** means any number of arbitrary blocks.
My only solution to this is using semantic predicates, checking if the preceding token was a space. If anyone has suggestions circumventing this problem in a different way, please share!
Otherwise, my grammar looks like this right now, but the predicates don't seem to work as expected.
grammar Pattern;

element:
    ID
    | macro;

macro:
    MACRONAME macroarg? REPEAT?;

macroarg: '['( (element | MACROFREE ) ';')* (element | MACROFREE) ']';

and_con :
    element '&' element
    | and_con '&' element
    |'(' and_con ')';

head_con :
    'H[' block '=>' block ']';

block :
    element
    | and_con
    | or_con
    | head_con
    | '(' block ')';

blocksequence :
    (block ' '+)* block;

or_con :
     ((element | and_con) '|')+ (element | and_con)
    | or_con '|' (element | and_con)
    | '(' blocksequence (')|(' blocksequence)+ ')' REPEAT?;

patternlist :
    (blocksequence ' '* ',' ' '*)* blocksequence;

sentenceord :
    'S=(' patternlist ')';

sentenceunord :
    'S={' patternlist '}';

pattern :
    sentenceord
    | sentenceunord
    |  blocksequence;

multisentence :
    MS pattern;

clause :
    'CLS' ' '+ pattern;

complexpattern :
    pattern
    | multisentence
    | clause
    | SECTIONS ' ' complexpattern;

dictentry:
    NUM ';' complexpattern
    | NUM ';' NAME ';' complexpattern
    | COMMENT;

dictionary:
    (dictentry ('\n'|'\r\n'))* (dictentry)? EOF;

ID : ( '^'? '!'? ('F'|'C'|'L'|'P'|'CA'|'N'|'PE'|'G'|'CD'|'T'|'M'|'D')'=' NAME REPEAT? '$'? )
    | SINGLESTAR REPEAT?;

fragment SINGLESTAR: {_input.LA(-1)==' '}? '*';
fragment REPEATSTAR: {_input.LA(-1)!=' '}? '*';

fragment NAME: CHAR+ | ',' | '.' | '*';

fragment CHAR: [a-zA-Z0-9_äöüßÄÖÜ\-];

REPEAT: (REPEATSTAR|'+'|'?'|FROMTIL);

fragment FROMTIL: '{'NUM'-'NUM'}';

MS : 'MS' [0-9];

SECTIONS: 'SEC' '=' ([0-9]+','?)+;

NUM: [0-9]+;

MACRONAME: '#'[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*;

MACROFREE: [a-zA-Z!]+;

COMMENT: '//' ~('\r'|'\n')*;

A: When targeting Python, the syntax of lookahead predicates needs to be like this:
SINGLESTAR: {self._input.LA(-1)==ord(' ')}? '*';
Note that it is necessary to add the "self." reference to the call and wrap the character with the ord() function which returns a unicode value for comparison. Antlr documentation for Python target is seriously lacking!


The holy relationship is the expression of the holy instant in living in this world. Like everything about salvation, the holy instant is a practical device, witnessed to by its results. The holy instant never fails. The experience of it is always felt. Yet without expression it is not remembered. The holy relationship is a constant reminder of the experience in which the relationship became what it is. And as the unholy relationship is a continuing hymn of hate in praise of its maker, so is the holy relationship a happy song of praise to the Redeemer of relationships.
This invitation is accepted immediately, and the Holy Spirit wastes no time in introducing the practical results of asking him to enter. At once His goal replaces yours. This is accomplished very rapidly, but it makes the relationship seem disturbed, disjunctive and even quite distressing. The reason is quite clear. For the relationship as it is is out of line with its own goal, and clearly unsuited to the purpose that has been accepted for it. In its unholy condition, your goal was all that seemed to give it meaning. Now it seems to make no sense. Many relationships have been broken off at this point, and the pursuit of the old goal re-established in another relationship. For once the unholy relationship has accepted the goal of holiness, it can never again be what it was.
The temptation of the ego becomes extremely intense with this shift in goals. For the relationship has not as yet been changed sufficiently to make its former goal completely without attraction, and its structure is "threatened" by the recognition of its inappropriateness for meeting its new purpose. The conflict between the goal and the structure of the relationship is so apparent that they cannot coexist. Yet now the goal will not be changed. Set firmly in the unholy relationship, there is no course except to change the relationship to fit the goal. Until this happy solution is seen and accepted as the only way out of the conflict, the relationship may seem to be severely strained.
It would not be kinder to shift the goal more slowly, for the contrast would be obscured, and the ego given time to reinterpret each slow step according to its liking. Only a radical shift in purpose could induce a complete change of mind about what the whole relationship is for. As this change develops and is finally accomplished, it grows increasingly beneficent and joyous. But at the beginning, the situation is experienced as very precarious. A relationship, undertaken by two individuals for their unholy purposes, suddenly has holiness for its goal. As these two contemplate their relationship from the point of view of this new purpose, they are inevitably appalled. Their perception of the relationship may even become quite disorganized. And yet, the former organization of their perception no longer serves the purpose they have agreed to meet.
This is the time for faith. You let this goal be set for you. That was an act of faith. Do not abandon faith, now that the rewards of faith are being introduced. If you believed the Holy Spirit was there to accept the relationship, why would you now not still believe that He is there to purify what He has taken under His guidance? Have faith in your brother in what but seems to be a trying time. The goal is set. And your relationship has sanity as its purpose. For now you find yourself in an insane relationship, recognized as such in the light of its goal.
Now the ego counsels thus; substitute for this another relationship to which your former goal was quite appropriate. You can escape from your distress only by getting rid of your brother. You need not part entirely if you choose not to do so. But you must exclude major areas of fantasy from each other, to save your sanity. Hear not this now! Have faith in Him Who answered you. He heard. Has He not been very explicit in His answer? You are not now wholly insane. Can you deny that He has given you a most explicit statement? Now He asks for faith a little longer, even in bewilderment. For this will go, and you will see the justification for your faith emerge, to bring you shining conviction. Abandon Him not now, nor one another. This relationship has been reborn as holy.
Accept with gladness what you do not understand, and let it be explained to you as you perceive its purpose work in it to make it holy. You will find many opportunities to blame your brother for the "failure" of your relationship, for it will seem at times to have no purpose. A sense of aimlessness will come to haunt you, and to remind you of all the ways you once sought for satisfaction and thought you found it. Forget not now the misery you really found, and do not breathe life into your failing ego. For your relationship has not been disrupted. It has been saved.
You undertook, together, to invite the Holy Spirit into your relationship. He could not have entered otherwise. Although you may have made many mistakes since then, you have also made enormous efforts to help Him do His work. And He has not been lacking in appreciation for all you have done for Him. Nor does He see the mistakes at all. Have you been similarly grateful to your brother? Have you consistently appreciated the good efforts, and overlooked mistakes? Or has your appreciation flickered and grown dim in what seemed to be the light of the mistakes? Perhaps you are now entering upon a campaign to blame him for the discomfort of the situation in which you find yourself. And by this lack of thanks and gratitude you make yourself unable to express the holy instant, and thus lose sight of it.
The experience of an instant, however compelling it may be, is easily forgotten if you allow time to close over it. It must be kept shining and gracious in your awareness of time, but not concealed within it. The instant remains. But where are you? To give thanks to one another is to appreciate the holy instant, and thus enable its results to be accepted and shared. To attack your brother is not to lose the instant, but to make it powerless in its effects.
You have received the holy instant, but you may have established a condition in which you cannot use it. As a result, you do not realize that it is with you still. And by cutting yourself off from its expression, you have denied yourself its benefit. You reinforce this every time you attack your brother, for the attack must blind you to yourself. And it is impossible to deny yourself, and to recognize what has been given and received by you.
You and your brother stand together in the holy presence of truth itself. Here is the goal, together with you. Think you not the goal itself will gladly arrange the means for its accomplishment? It is just this same discrepancy between the purpose that has been accepted and the means as they stand now which seems to make you suffer, but which makes Heaven glad. If Heaven were outside you, you could not share in its gladness. Yet because it is within, the gladness, too, is yours. You are joined in purpose, but remain still separate and divided on the means. Yet the goal is fixed, firm and unalterable, and the means will surely fall in place because the goal is sure. And you will share the gladness of the Sonship that it is so.
As you begin to recognize and accept the gifts you have so freely given to your brother, you will also accept the effects of the holy instant and use them to correct all your mistakes and free you from their results. And learning this, you will have also learned how to release all the Sonship, and offer it in gladness and thanksgiving to Him Who gave you your release, and Who would extend it through you.
No one can suffer loss unless it be his own decision. No one suffers pain except his choice elects this state for him. No one can grieve nor fear nor think him sick unless these are the outcomes that he wants. And no one dies without his own consent. Nothing occurs but represents your wish, and nothing is omitted that you choose. Here is your world, complete in all details. Here is its whole reality for you. And it is only here salvation is.
You may believe that this position is extreme, and too inclusive to be true. Yet can truth have exceptions? If you have the gift of everything, can loss be real? Can pain be part of peace, or grief of joy? Can fear and sickness enter in a mind where love and perfect holiness abide? Truth must be all-inclusive, if it be the truth at all. Accept no opposites and no exceptions, for to do so is to contradict the truth entirely.
Salvation is the recognition that the truth is true, and nothing else is true. This you have heard before, but may not yet accept both parts of it. Without the first, the second has no meaning. But without the second, is the first no longer true. Truth cannot have an opposite. This can not be too often said and thought about. For if what is not true is true as well as what is true, then part of truth is false. And truth has lost its meaning. Nothing but the truth is true, and what is false is false.
This is the simplest of distinctions, yet the most obscure. But not because it is a difficult distinction to perceive. It is concealed behind a vast array of choices that do not appear to be entirely your own. And thus the truth appears to have some aspects that belie consistency, but do not seem to be but contradictions introduced by you.
As God created you, you must remain unchangeable, with transitory states by definition false. And that includes all shifts in feeling, alterations in conditions of the body and the mind; in all awareness and in all response. This is the all-inclusiveness which sets the truth apart from falsehood, and the false kept separate from the truth, as what it is.
Is it not strange that you believe to think you made the world you see is arrogance? God made it not. Of this you can be sure. What can He know of the ephemeral, the sinful and the guilty, the afraid, the suffering and lonely, and the mind that lives within a body that must die? You but accuse Him of insanity, to think He made a world where such things seem to have reality. He is not mad. Yet only madness makes a world like this.
To think that God made chaos, contradicts His Will, invented opposites to truth, and suffers death to triumph over life; all this is arrogance. Humility would see at once these things are not of Him. And can you see what God created not? To think you can is merely to believe you can perceive what God willed not to be. And what could be more arrogant than this?
Let us today be truly humble, and accept what we have made as what it is. The power of decision is our own. Decide but to accept your rightful place as co-creator of the universe, and all you think you made will disappear. What rises to awareness then will be all that there ever was, eternally as it is now. And it will take the place of self-deceptions made but to usurp the altar to the Father and the Son.
Today we practice true humility, abandoning the false pretense by which the ego seeks to prove it arrogant. Only the ego can be arrogant. But truth is humble in acknowledging its mightiness, its changelessness and its eternal wholeness, all-encompassing, God's perfect gift to His beloved Son. We lay aside the arrogance which says that we are sinners, guilty and afraid, ashamed of what we are; and lift our hearts in true humility instead to Him Who has created us immaculate, like to Himself in power and in love.
The power of decision is our own. And we accept of Him that which we are, and humbly recognize the Son of God. To recognize God's Son implies as well that all self-concepts have been laid aside, and recognized as false. Their arrogance has been perceived. And in humility the radiance of God's Son, his gentleness, his perfect sinlessness, his Father's Love, his right to Heaven and release from hell, are joyously accepted as our own.
Then will we wait in silence, giving up all self-deceptions, as we humbly ask our Self that He reveal Himself to us. And He Who never left will come again to our awareness, grateful to restore His home to God, as it was meant to be.
Q #1239: There is a line in one of the lessons in the workbook of A Course in Miracles that says "no one dies without his own consent" ( W.pI.152.1:4 ). Could that mean that on some level in our mind we get to a point (while here, experiencing living in a body) that we say, "I am done with this," or does our dying (death of the physical body) happen at whatever point in time as a result of making the first decision to become a body? I would appreciate it if you could give me your understanding of this statement.
A: This statement about dying is best understood in the context of the only two purposes we can ever choose to identify with in our minds, and which we are always choosing between at every instant. We are always choosing either to reinforce our belief in separation or to undo it. Thus, death can come upon the completion of our forgiveness lessons, as explained in The Song of Prayer : "a quiet choice, made joyfully and with a sense of peace, because the body has been kindly used to help the Son of God along the way he goes to God" ( S.3.II.2:1 ). Understand, though, that this expresses the content in the mind only; the form could be cancer, a stroke, or any number of other ways in which the body ceases to function. The form does not necessarily indicate the content in the mind. The purpose of a fatal illness could also be ego based — a way of punishing oneself or others, for example. It is always a choice, though.
With regard to the second point . . . Since the mind is not bound by time, there is no predetermined time for the death of the body. To use the analogy of a video-tape library, there are multiple videos of death, and the decision maker can choose any one of them, depending on the purpose it has identified with. But all of this occurs outside time and space, so it is practically impossible for us to comprehend it in our present state.
Other questions on this Service address this important issue from several points of view, and we refer you to them for additional discussion and references: #135, #175, and #262.
Q #1332: My question is in regard to sickness. I understand the idea that sickness, according to A Course in Miracles , is of the mind and is a perspective, etc. However, we obviously will all die of something unless we have reached a level of enlightenment in which we can just leave our bodies at will and break with the illusion. Does this mean that everyone who dies, no matter what level they have reached spiritually is still holding "unforgiveness"? I know of some very high beings who still got diseases, had strokes, and other health issues.
A: A Course in Miracles states that "no one dies without his own consent" (W.pI.152.1) ; but this decision can be wrong-minded or right-minded. Our discussion in Question #262 focuses on the important distinction between form and content in the Course's view of death. Helpful references are also provided there as well as in Questions #494 and #604. The key point is that the condition of the body does not automatically tell us which thought system the mind has chosen and whether or not the mind has reached enlightenment. Thus, we should not attempt to judge based upon appearances. A healed mind could take the form of a cancer-consumed dying body if there were a valuable teaching purpose in it, for example. That mind, though, would not be suffering — a most difficult teaching for us to comprehend and accept, because of our lack of awareness of our mind and our body-oriented way of thinking. Jesus' body certainly seemed to be in terrible condition at the end, but we would not conclude that his mind must therefore have been in terrible condition as well. A seemingly pain-wracked body is not necessarily a regrettable tragedy, in other words. Again, this can only be understood from the perspective of the mind's right-minded position "above the battleground" of the ego's world of bodies.
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Add to Calendar 13/12/2018 14:00 15/12/2018 18:00 Africa/Casablanca Seventh Edition of the Atlantic Dialogues Conference under the theme: Atlantic Dynamics: Overcoming the Choke Points Marrakesh, Morocco Since its inception in 2012, the Atlantic Dialogues (AD) conference has become a well-established annual meeting point taking place in Marrakesh, bringing together around 350 high-level senior officials, business leaders, academics, opinion shapers and civil society actors. Morocco has been host to these gatherings given its location and close relations to all ... Marrakesh, Morocco OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma https://www.facebook.com/OCPPOLICYCENTER false DD/MM/YYYY
Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 14:00 to Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 18:00
Seventh Edition of the Atlantic Dialogues Conference under the theme: Atlantic Dynamics: Overcoming the Choke Points
Marrakesh, Morocco
Since its inception in 2012, the Atlantic Dialogues (AD) conference has become a well-established annual meeting point taking place in Marrakesh, bringing together around 350 high-level senior officials, business leaders, academics, opinion shapers and civil society actors. Morocco has been host to these gatherings given its location and close relations to all countries bordering the Atlantic. Initially created in a dual effort between the Policy Center for the New South, formerly OCP Policy Center, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the event encourages a lively and informal exchange of views between young professionals and today's leaders.
In this context, under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Policy Center for the New South, formerly OCP Policy Center, is organizing the seventh edition of the Atlantic Dialogues, under the theme: "Atlantic Dynamics: Overcoming the Choke Points", which will take place on December 13-15 in Marrakech.
Topical agenda
The Atlantic region remains at a crossroads of a growing number of choke points. Along with a changing power configuration of the post-World War II international order, multilateral cooperation is being weakened by trade disputes, upsurges of nationalist movements, and economic anxieties. This has caused disruptions in the historic partnership that existed between the USA and Europe, but also between the USA and Asian countries (North Korea and China notably) – all of which will have serious implications for Africa and Latin America.
Following the discussions on various ways to change mental maps at the third edition of the Atlantic Dialogues in 2016, and having examined promising opportunities for the African continent in 2017, The Atlantic Dialogues will convene again in December 2018 in Marrakesh to identify the salient issues at the heart of the Atlantic community's policy agenda. The conference will also serve as a platform to explore fresh ideas on how decision-makers, business-leaders, researchers, scholars, and other stakeholders can contribute to renew transatlantic relations and partnerships in the context of a rapidly changing world.
This year's edition will identify the choke points across the Atlantic, gather evidence to craft a counter-discourse, and identify solutions to overcome them by confronting views of different panelists across the North-South and East-West divides. The sessions will address interconnected challenges ranging from Trump's foreign policy to demographic dynamics, the fragile state of multilateralism, and the looming prospect of a new financial crisis, along with the implications of growing economic inequalities and a weaker middle class. This edition of the AD will also explore how governments can win back trust and renew the social contract between States and their citizens, while providing adequate answers to the threat of climate change for future generations. Several lessons learnt and opportunities may be drawn from the experiences of the Pacific and Indian Ocean spaces, the reform undertaken by the African Union to gain more control over its own security issues, as well as the launch of the new continental Trade zone.
Throwback to AD 2017
This annual forum, initiated in 2012, seeks to open up the international debate on the Atlantic challenges, by making the voices and views of the South better heard. The first session, entitled: « Africa tells its own narrative », goes beyond a simple statement or a manifesto. It sets the basis for a strong commitment and a source of proposals, in line with Policy Center for the New South"s, formerly OCP Policy Center, action and multiple publications, and its very raison d'être.
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Q: Flutter Page View how to not always start at the initialPage? It may sound complicated but I try to explain what Im trying to do
I have a Page View that contains different pages and also another page view like this:
PageView(
  controller: pageController,
  physics: NeverScrollableScrollPhysics(),
  children: [FirstPage(),
             SecondPage(),
             SmallPageView(),
             ThirdPage()])

While this works as intended there is one problem: The SmallPageView() has 4 Pages. When I went through its pages and I am at ThirdPage() and press the Back Button, which calls:
pageController.previousPage(duration: Duration(milliseconds: 400), curve: Curves.ease);

I am in  SmallPageView() at page 1 again. Which makes sense since it is the initialPageand the previousPage of the pageController. However when I am at ThirdPage() and press the back button I would like to go to the last page of the SmallPageView() which is obviously more intuitive
I tried doing things like
pageController.previousPage(duration: Duration(milliseconds: 400), curve: Curves.ease);
smallPageViewControllerHouse.jumpToPage(4);

Which doesnt work and I suppose would look ugly.
I also cant assign a variable to initialPage of the controller to change it dynamically. Is there a way to 'remember' where a page view was instead of starting at the initial page everytime time?
And of course you could argue to just resolve the SmallPageView() and put its 4 pages into the PageView() instead of a nested page view. But this is a design solution and to achieve the look I am going for there is no other way (as far as I know atm) than doing it with a nested page view

A: try to use IndexedStack, pageview inside indexedstack will maintain it's state
IndexedStack(
  index: _currentIndex,
  children: [FirstPage(),
             SecondPage(),
             SmallPageView(),
             ThirdPage()])


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Q: Display date label on tableview scroll like whatsapp Hello I just want to show the date Today label when the UITableView is scrolled as we have in whatsapp. Whatsapp Video Here.
Also If we start scrolling the yesterday's chat, we can see the label of yesterday in whatsapp & automatically hides when scrolling of tableview is stopped. If it is possible with/without sections of the tableview.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

A: I think, You are looking for like this-

To achieve this-
let uiScreen = UIScreen.main.bounds.size
let whatsAppTableView = UITableView()
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        //self.customization()
        whatsAppTableView.dataSource = self
        whatsAppTableView.delegate = self
        whatsAppTableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
        let backgroundImage = UIImage(named: "w") //w = whatsapp background Image
        let imageView = UIImageView(image: backgroundImage)
        self.whatsAppTableView.backgroundView = imageView
        whatsAppTableView.frame = CGRect(x:0, y:0, width:uiScreen.width, height: uiScreen.height)
        whatsAppTableView.separatorStyle = .none
        view.addSubview(whatsAppTableView)

    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {

        if section == 0 {
            return 3
        }
        if section == 1 {
            return 3
        }
        if section == 2 {
            return 5
        }
        return 0
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath)
        cell.selectionStyle = .none
        cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
        return cell
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {

        let headerLabelView = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: whatsAppTableView.frame.size.width, height: 40))
        let headerLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: (whatsAppTableView.frame.size.width-100)/2, y: 20, width: 100, height: 40))

        headerLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true
        headerLabel.font = AppFont.PopinsBold(size: 12)
        headerLabel.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray
        headerLabel.textAlignment = .center
        headerLabel.roundedAllCorner()
        //headerLabel.textColor = UIColor.black

        if section == 0 {
            headerLabel.text = "5 December" // Put it dynamic as requirment  [Date Array]
        }
        if section == 1 {
            headerLabel.text = "Yesterday"
        }
        if section == 2 {
            headerLabel.text =  "Today"
        }

        headerLabelView.addSubview(headerLabel)
        return headerLabelView
    }

    func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
        return 3 // Depends on your date array
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
        return 40
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
        return 300 //Put As you required
    }

To check scroll direction/position-
func scrollViewWillEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, withVelocity velocity: CGPoint, targetContentOffset: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>) {

        if(velocity.y>0) {
            //Code will work without the animation block.I am using animation block incase if you want to set any delay to it.
            UIView.animate(withDuration: 2.5, delay: 0, options: UIViewAnimationOptions(), animations: {

                print("Hide")
            }, completion: nil)

        } else {
            UIView.animate(withDuration: 2.5, delay: 0, options: UIViewAnimationOptions(), animations: {

                print("Unhide")
            }, completion: nil)
        }
    }

A: Some advice:

*

*Observe UITableView scrolling start and stop
Maybe you can observe tableview scroll via implement UIScrollViewDelegate. There are two methods to tell delegate scroll view is about start/stop scrolling the content.
scrollViewWillBeginDragging, scrollViewWillEndDragging

*Show lable not via tableview section
Just add your Today label as UITableView's subview


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The new Marimekko shop in SoHo.
Photo: Courtesy of Marimekko
When I'm in Copenhagen I always try to make time to stop by Studio X, an airy design store with which Marimekko has collaborated since Rebekka Bay, a Dane, joined the company two years ago. Now building on the lessons learned in that space, Marimekko has returned to New York and set up shop in SoHo, a neighborhood that still retains a local neighborhood feeling with walkable streets, "which feels comfortable to us coming from Finland," Bay says on a call.
Since arriving at Marimekko, Bay has streamlined and modernized the company in ways that both respect and evolve the house heritage. That's visible in both the ready-to-wear and homeware collections as well as in the design of the SoHo shop. "With a ceiling grid and an S-hook, you can create almost a mobile hanging of the garments—you can move away from the walls," says Bay, referring to elements she borrowed from Marimekko shop designs of the 1960s. She's also lifted from the practical simplicity of Shaker interiors.
Modularity is an idea that feels right for now, as all industries are striving to evolve new and more responsible ways of existing in the world, and it's a concept that Bay is applying more broadly as she hones Marimekko's ready-to-wear and home offering. Her aim is to "develop different layers that can be combined and evolve over time and that have a timeless value but also can be combined to create bolder or more elevated expressions. Modularity is always top of mind," says Bay. "I think that is part of this promise to our customer that we will create something of long-lasting value."
Some of the ways Bay is creating newness through heritage is by playing with color and scale. While not minimal, the collections have become more tonal. It's so "easy to be seduced by our history, but I think maybe what we missed somewhere along the way was this reinterpretation of what that means for today," notes Bay. In this casual age, many people want pieces that can be dressed up or down, for example. Prints might be the heart of Marimekko, but says Bay, "I think it takes someone confident to wear pattern top to toe, so we are really focusing on how to educate [our customers] to wear patterns together, either by having different patterns in similar color harmonies or working with patterns in different scale or working with more tonality." This much-needed update is true to the Marimekko ethos of living with color and patterns in ways that spark joy.
Below, Bay selects some of her favorite home and fashion items.
"This beautiful Elfa coat from our fall 2022 collection is one of my favorites this season. It's made from a double-faced, recycled-wool blend with one of the iconic Marimekko archive prints, Lokki (seagull), seen here in a large scale. Playing with size really changes the nature of a print, and in this scale the pattern feels very elevated."
"It requires a lot of confidence to wear prints top to toe, but this set with its wide stripes is a great way to wear print for people who are not into print."
"I love this new bag series—The Wear All Day bag series, made of recycled polyester—that we launched in early 2022. They're super functional and stylish."
"Our prints can be used in subtle ways—if you look close enough, the golden button of the shirt has the shape of a melon, a shape loaned from the print of the same name. The skirt is the opposite. Funnily enough, this 1960s print is called Pankakes and Strawberry Jam, and I love it for its crazy, out-there shapes that make the imagination wander. Marimekko is all about happy contradictions."
"During my time at Marimekko, we have really focused on creating different archetype shapes that all of our collections are built upon. We have the A-line, the straight fit, and the fit and flare. The A-line shape has historically been very present in Marimekko collections to allow the woman to move or even run in her dress if she wants to. This is a fresh take on A-line shapes for pre-spring 2023."
"The holiday table is all about mixing and matching for us. I encourage everyone to mix dishware, glassware, and textiles fearlessly to create your own creative table setting for great moments spent together."
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April Restaurant Sales Up, Technomic Spots Weakness in Full-Service; Minimum Wage Update and More
The Census Bureau reports restaurant sales were up in April. Technomic's 500 Report shows weakness in the full service segment. Sysco, US Foods and the Performance Food Group all showed moderate sales advances. Minimum wage increases prove harmful to restaurants. McDonald's will aid franchisees to upgrade. These stories and a whole lot more This Week in Foodservice.
The U.S. Census Bureau's advance retail sales report for April contained good news and more good news. According to the Census Bureau, total retail sales for the month rose 0.4 percent. The Census Bureau also revised March sales from down 0.2 percent to up 0.1 percent.
Compared to April of 2016 retail sales were up 4.5 percent. For the first 4 months of this year total retail sales are up 3.5 percent.
The news was equally good for restaurants and drinking establishments. April sales were up 0.4 percent from March while the March sales were revised upward from minus 0.6 percent to + 0.2 percent.
Compared to April 2016, April restaurant sales are up 3.9 percent and up 3.2 percent for the first 4 months of 2017.
This good news does come with some cautions and caveats. First, the Census Bureau's advance report is based on a limited sample and may be revised with the receipt of a broader sample. (Refer to the significant revision in March numbers as a typical example.) Second, the survey covers only restaurants and bars. Not included are hotels, resorts, clubs, employee feeding, schools, colleges, healthcare and military. Finally some, but not all, of the statistics are adjusted for seasonal variations, holidays, and weekends but not for menu price changes.
Economic News This Week
Small business owners remain optimistic according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. Based on a survey that was conducted April 3-7, the index now stands at +95, down from a reading of 100 in February. But the index remains at its highest level since the Great Recession and sits well above the 2016 index scores. In April of last year the index was at +64. And, while small business owners report an increase in hiring over last year, 52 percent also said they have a difficult time getting good people to apply.
First-time initial jobless claims fell 2,000 for a reading of 236,000 for the week ending May 6. The 4-week moving average rose by 500 to a final reading of 243,500.
The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 0.5 percent, with the index for final demand goods up 0.5 percent and for final demand services up 0.4 percent. In the last 12 months, the index has risen 2.5 percent. The food index rose 0.9 percent for the month while the index for energy rose 0.8 percent. The "core index" for final demand goods (total goods index less foods and energy) was up 0.3 percent. The core index for the last 12 months was up 2.1 percent.
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent in April after declining 0.3 percent in March. In the last 12 months, the CPI is up 2.2 percent. The "core index," which is the total index without volatile food and energy prices, was up 0.1 percent in April and up 1.9 percent in the last 12 months. Food prices were up 0.2 percent for April with both food at home and food away from home prices up 0.2 percent. In the last 12 months food at home prices are down 0.8 percent and food away from home prices are up 2.3 percent. Thus, eating out continues to become more expensive while eating at home become less expensive but recently the gap has narrowed somewhat.
First-time home buyers return to the market. After a decade of renting or staying with mom and dad, Millennials are buying starter homes and driving up real estate sales. This in itself is a very positive factor as first-time buyers usually are big buyers of new furniture, appliances and decor products, which drives sales in other industries, too.
What happened to wages? It has been frequently pointed out since the end the great recession, wage growth has been sluggish. Rising employment and good corporate profits are supposed to result in higher wages for workers, but that has not been the case. It is also true that productivity has not improved much and that company consolidation means more power to employers. What we may have is an "Econ Mystery," writes The Wall Street Journal.
The University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment remained high in May at 97.7, up slightly from 97.0 in April. The Current Economic Conditions Index was 112.7 — identical to the April reading. The Index of Consumer Expectations rose from 87.0 in April to 88.1. The partisan split between Democrats and Republicans remained in May, although the split modified somewhat to 55 index points from 65 points 3 months ago. The difference was due to a drop in the number of Democrats expecting a recession soon.
Foodservice News This Week
Technomic's 500 Report shows full-service restaurant sales grew just 1.4 percent in 2016 with casual dining particularly weak. Full-service chains continue to face strong competition from regional chains and independents. Technomic reports Asian concepts, sports bars, and steakhouses did well last year.
Sysco reported U.S. foodservice operation sales were $9.2 billion in the company's third fiscal quarter ending April 1. This is a 2.2 percent increase. Local case volume within U.S. broadline operations increased 3.5 percent while total U.S. case volume rose 1.8 percent. Operating income grew $25 million or 2.2 percent. For the total corporation, sales were up 12.7 percent to $13.5 billion. Earnings per share were $0.44 vs. $0.38 for the same period a year ago. Given the distribution giant's penetration into the foodservice market, some look at their performance as a sort of index of industry performance.
US Foods reported sales of $5.8 billion for the quarter ending April 1st, an increase of 3.5 percent. Case sales volume increased 4.3 percent with independent case sales volume up 4.0 percent. Net income was $27 million, an increase of $14 million. Earnings per share were $0.12, up from $0.08 in the corresponding quarter last year.
Performance Food Group reported sales of $4.2 billion in the company's third quarter. This is an 8.3 percent increase over the corresponding quarter last year. Total case volume rose 7.7 percent and net income increased 121 percent. Earnings per share were $0.21 up $0.094.
The minimum wage eats restaurants according to an opinion piece article The Wall Street Journal. In 2004, San Francisco set its own minimum wage theorizing that "tourists and techies" would pay the price to offset "the cost of the city's generosity." Last year the San Francisco Chronicle analyzed 20 years of menus and found that prices were up 52 percent at top restaurants, which is twice the rate of inflation. A recent study found that a $1.00 an hour increase in the minimum wage would lead to a 14 percent increase in "the likelihood of exit for a 3.5 star restaurant."
McDonald's offers to pay 55 percent of franchisees upgrades that include ordering kiosks, upgrading dessert counters, new uniforms, and table locating systems. However, there is a condition to the offer. McD's will require that franchisees, who account for 67 percent of their units, must agree to the offer.
Chili's will introduce a simplified menu in June. The new menu has 20 percent fewer items than the chain currently offers and there will be also be a reduction in "specials" and "limited time offers." Chili's goal is to speed service and reduce labor costs.
Rich Melman makes a succession plan. The co-founder of Lettuce Entertain You says he will step aside one day and turn the 127-unit company over to his children R.J., Molly and Jerrod.
Corporate Stirrings: The Rave Restaurant Group reported in its last fiscal quarter ending March 20, the chain opened 5 franchised Pie Five Pizza restaurants and closed 9 franchised Pie Five restaurants and closed 9 company-owned Pie Five restaurants. Pret A Manger may be considering an initial public stock offering. Private equity firm Bridgepoint Advisors owns the chain, which totals 444 locations worldwide (74 in the U.S.). Estimates show that the IPO could be worth $1.9 billion.
Growth Chains: Wingstop will open 100 restaurants in the UK in the next 12 years. Capriotti's Sandwich Shop will open 3 locations in Minneapolis area. Blaze Fast Fired Pizza will open restaurants in New York City; Clovis, New Mexico; and Toledo, Ohio. Dunkin' Donuts will open 3 locations plus a co-branded Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins in Lake Charles, La. Captain D's will open 5 restaurants in South Carolina. Fazoli's has signed development agreements with 13 franchise groups for a total of 30 restaurants. Potbelly Sandwich Shops will open a minimum of 4 restaurants in Orange County, Calif. Dickey's Barbeque Pit will open restaurants in Aventura and Hollywood, Fla.
Comparable Store Sales Reports: Arcos Dorados up 19.4 percent, Ark Restaurants down 3.0 percent, Carrols Restaurant Group down 0.6 percent, Kona Grill down 4.3 percent, Noodles & Company (system down 2.0 percent, company-owned down 2.5 percent, and franchised down 1.1 percent), Papa Murphy's (domestic down 5.0 percent, company-owned down 9.9 percent, and franchised down 4.5 percent), Steak N Shake down 3.3 percent, and Wendy's up 1.6 percent.
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And we're back, after taking the August Long Weekend off! And I have quite a few things to share. I get all nostalgic for G.I. Joe, particularly the cool mail-away exclusives they used to have. I roll out another Mark Tastes Random Things where I sample A&W's Fish and Chips. In The Streaming Report, I fall down an Internet rabbit hole and end up in Dollywood. And we wrap things up taking a look at Disney's radical new distribution plan for Mulan.
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Movie Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Directed by J.J. Abrams
Starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Issac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Anthony Daniels, and Peter Mayhew.
Three short years ago, the Internet exploded with the news that Disney bought Lucasfilm and that Star Wars: Episode VII would be coming in 2015. When that first trailer broke, we went nuts. We were following every development online. But, as excited as I got, there was always that nagging doubt in the back of mind…didn't I go through all this 15 years ago with the prequels? I did my best to downgrade my optimism to cautious, but when the day came, I was heading into the theatre. How would it fare?
It's been thirty years since Return of the Jedi. A new galactic superpower has emerged from the remnants of the Empire, called the First Order. To oppose them, the Republic has formed an army called the Resistance, and the galaxy has descended into war once again. Complicating matters is the disappearance of the legendary Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, whose reappearance could turn the tide. Soon thrust into the middle of things is a desert scavenger named Rey and a defecting Stormtrooper who adopts the name Finn. They've come into possession of a droid called BB-8, who holds the key to finding Luke Skywalker. Soon, classic heroes are joining our new friends, as the Resistance rallies to battle the First Order's new super-weapon. Can the weapon be destroyed? Will Luke Skywalker be found? And what's the true identity of the First Order's deadly dark Jedi, Kylo Ren?
Wow. Right away, everything's better than the prequels. The acting is so much better…the dialogue is so much better. It looks grittier than the prequels…more real. And, like one of my favourite things about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harrison Ford showed up. He's not just Mr. Sleepy-Mumbler…he is Han Solo once again. I just found the new characters so believable and likable. The action is great. The special effects are great…it's just great.
What I Didn't Like.
OK, so the plot is highly, highly, HIGHLY reminiscent of Star Wars, or A New Hope, or whatever you call the first one. So it might be appealing to nostalgia just a little too much.
Dude, it made me cry. I did not expect that. It's just…that good.
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Marvel Studios has had a heck of a year. When movie theatres starting opening back up, they came roaring back to the big screen. Black Widow, Shang-Chi, and Eternals were doing the kind of business they thought would take a few years after the pandemic to do again. And it's not over yet, as the […]
Thoughts on What If...? August 10, 2021
Well, Marvel Studios just isn't stopping with cranking out the TV shows this year. Their fourth series, and their first foray into animation drops this Wednesday, What If...?The original Marvel comic of What If...? would revisit key events in the Marvel Universe and simply ask, "What if A happened instead of B?" For example, the one […]
Thoughts on Behind the Attraction July 17, 2021
I grew up in that era when The Wonderful World of Disney was event television. Every Sunday night at 6, the family would gather around the TV to watch Disney. And one thing that always stuck out in my mind were episodes that would take you behind the scenes at the Disney theme parks. Seemed […]
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Considering what goals I should set for 2013 I have been pondering the phrase, "Stop, Start, Continue." It's shorthand for a service improvement model, but it has life application, too.
What do I need to continue?
I'm not naturally contemplative. The pace of my life does not lend itself to deep thought and quiet pondering. When I'm still and silent for an extended period, I tend to doze. But I have considered these questions and am sure God is trying to show me something beyond any trite resolutions I might make.
Here's some of what I've decided I need to do in 2013; what about you?
A person can get pretty wound up continually trying to fix things and people to bring order to the world. Christian counselor Larry Crabb says the source of most anger and frustration is the inability to distinguish the things we can control from the things we cannot. He calls it mistaking goals for desires.
Crabb says a desire is something I want but am unable to make happen. I want my children to be honest, God-honoring young people who do the right thing. As a parent I clearly have some input, but children grow up to make their own choices. I have desires for them, but I don't control outcomes.
Goals I can control. They typically relate to my own "inner life," how I relate to God. Crabb gave the example of being on an airplane flight that encountered bad weather, delaying his arrival at the next airport for a connecting flight. The longer he was delayed, the angrier he became.
His "goal" was to arrive on time, but this is actually a desire. He could not control the weather. What he could control was how he responded to the delay. He could let God's peace rule in his heart, trusting God despite his disappoint and inconvenience. I like this approach better than blowing up over every situation that goes awry.
Still, "everybody plays the fool, sometimes," to quote The Main Ingredient's 1972 hit single. I've been foolish, ridiculous and just plain stupid plenty of times. (One summer, while backing out of the driveway, I hit my husband's car with my own!) I'm grateful for family and friends who love me enough to forgive my shortcomings and give me another chance.
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven (Prov 17:9). I am not so quick to forgive and to cover someone's sin with love, but even I can understand that if I want loving relationships I have to be willing to give as good as I get. The merciful obtain mercy.
In a couple of weeks, I'll enter yet another decade of life. As I get older, I am more conscious of the passage of time, increasingly aware of the ticking of the German clock in my foyer. I'm a little less willing to wait. Time is running out; the best could be behind me.
Not exactly a faith-filled line of thinking.
The wine did run out at the wedding of Cana, Mary didn't throw up her hands and say, "Party's over." She turned to Jesus and said: "They have no more wine." Jesus told the servants to pour ordinary water into an ordinary water pot, dip some out and take it to the master of ceremonies. When he drank it, the MC proclaimed that the host had saved the best wine for last.
Even as I grow older, I need to continue to trust that God remains able to take what's left of an "ordinary as water" life and make it a vintage Port.
Stop, Start, Continue… Happy New Year!


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Anti-counterfeiting in polish law system is a topic of article authored by Tomasz Grucelski i Patrycja Cielenkiewicz. It was published in "Anti-counterfeiting 2016: a Global Guide" magazine.
We introduce you to an article, concerning patent litigation and patent office procedures in polish law system. This publication appeared in "Getting the Deal Through" magazine.
We invite you to read a publication on copyright law in the polish legal system, which has been included in "Getting the Deal Through" magazine along with other jurisdictions in order to perform comparative analysis.
Are you interested in a subject related to pharmaceutical trademarks in Poland? Look at article, authored by Helena Gajek and Magdalena Maksimowska, which was published in "Pharmaceutical Trademarks: A Global Guide 2017/2018" magazine.
We introduce you to an article, authored by Aleksandra Gorzkiewicz i Aleksandra Rolbiecka, concerning licensing in polish law system. This publication appeared in "Getting the Deal Through" magazine.
How polish trademark law works comparing to other jurisdictions? Find out in "Getting the Deal Through" magazine, which presents various jurisdictions in order to perform comparative analysis.
We present you a publication on copyright law in the polish legal system, which - in terms of the whole publication "Getting the Deal Through" - has been published along with other jurisdictions in order to perform comparative analysis.


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Headwinds for European flat steel set to persist
EUROMETAL // Headwinds for European flat steel set to persist
Following last year's rocky road, the European flat steel industry should see an improving market environment in the second half of 2020, although headwinds are expected to linger until the middle of the year.
Margins at flat steel mills, stockholders and distributors were squeezed in 2019 following price drops of almost Eur100/mt for European flat products over the course of 2019. Import prices, which have risen to the same level as European domestic mills' or even higher at times, have resulted in dire stretches for traders from the second half of 2019, while EU mills have not been able to lift prices substantially so far. At the same time, scrap and iron ore prices have increased.
Major customer groups such as the automotive and mechanical engineering industry softened following global trade disputes and Brexit uncertainty that resulted in investment delays. Further changes in combustion engine testing schemes have particularly hurt the German car industry, with implications for the entire supply chain.
While the automotive and mechanical engineering industries are not expected to have a bumper 2020 — with questions over structural changes within the car industry remaining — projections by trade associations as well as analysts are at least not forecasting further production decreases.
ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, said that from January to November 2019, new car registrations across the European Union were almost back at levels from one year ago, at a drop of 0.3%, because of a recovery in the last quarter of the year. However, four of the five major EU markets declined from January to November, according to ACEA, with Spain seeing a 5.7% decrease and the United Kingdom a 2.7% fall. Europe's biggest market, Germany, was the only large market with an increase, rising 3.9%.
"The year hasn't been great but we're planning a 10% [volume] increase for 2020," said a German supplier to the automotive industry.
Sources also highlighted that suppliers to the automotive sector are facing crunch meetings on long-term contract prices in Q1, squeezed between the automotives arguing for considerably lower prices than last year and EU mills not wanting to budge.
But also mills are going to face implications from the downturn in contract prices. "Until now we've been delivering on old price bases, now new ones are going to have an effect on balance sheets later this year," a north European mill source said.
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German mechanical engineering association VDMA is expecting another production decrease of 2% this year following a 2% drop in 2019. However, the association said that the industry is expected to see production growth from the second half of this year in Germany as well as other European countries when delayed orders are set to be realized — if trade disputes between the US and China do not reignite.
"Our industry is not in crisis, but a lot of our customers are insecure and delay or stop their investments," said VDMA president Carl Martin Welcker.
This view is being mirrored by flat steel market sources, who remain cautious on order situations from customer markets. In France particularly, ongoing strikes that have been hampering supply by rail since November are expected to continue into the first quarter of this year. "The anti-government protests and strikes are further factors to curb economic upturn," said a German trading source.
Structurally, the flat steel industry has not seen the big changes it was expecting a year ago. The merger of the European steel operations of Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel was called off mid-2019. Thyssenkrupp has since said it will undergo heavy restructuring, warning that "visibility" in 2020 would be limited for its trading arm and the steel division's main customer, the auto industry.
Sources have also said that the failure of the Tata-Thyssenkrupp hook-up, which was expected to become a strong pricing power in the European market, fueled negative sentiment in the market and contributed to a drop in prices. The impending decision on the shutdown of Ilva's blast furnace No.2 in Italy is further contributing to uncertainty at the beginning of this year.
On the back of strengthening Chinese steel prices and Turkey launching first steps towards an improving market environment, the question also remains if strengthening iron ore and scrap prices are more curse than blessing for mill margins in an environment that is lacking momentum.
Nevertheless, mill sources said that the order situation is not looking bad. "The beginning of the year is going to be bumpy, but real demand is not decreasing," said a mill source.
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Delhi, 25 March, 2019: In India, an estimated 240 million of the 1.3 billion people still live without electricity. The country is now racing to connect thousands of villages with power as it looks to accelerate growth.The present government is committed to providing electricity to un-electrified households by 2019.Solar power sector is one of the thrust areas with government setting an ambitious solar target of 100 GW by the year 2022.
With this mission in mind IPGCL (State Nodal Agency in Delhi), released a tender for solar domestic installation in Delhi recently. ZunRoof Tech, a home tech solar rooftop installer, won this bid and became the lowest priced solar company in the state. The upfront subsidy quoted to any customer will be the lowest ever in Delhi in 2019 and will be provided by ZunRoof – a new milestone for this startup, after the Young Entrepreneur Award by Mr. Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs, Government of India, which was received by ZunRoof's founder and CEO, MrPranesh Chaudhary, last year.
Solar has the potential to meet the rising energy requirement and the central government is taking concrete steps to accelerate growth of the domestic solar industry. Achieving the target of 100 GW of solar capacity and generating it by 2022 calls for concrete initiatives to boost the domestic solar industry. Joining hands in these initiatives of the government ZunRoof is constantly updating their technology to create a seamless experience for consumers who have installed solar in their homes as well new consumers planning to opt for solar. An interactive app created by the organization is currently trending in the market as it creates ahassle free solution for consumers at their fingertip. By just tapping and clicking a button, consumers can view and manage their roof top solar installation at ease.